DAYTONA BEACH POLICE CHIEF MIKE CHITWOOD SHOWS HE'S STILL GOT BRONZE BEHIND THE BADGE. THE CHIEF WENT MONO EE MONO WITH A SUSPECT DURING BIKE WEEK. CLAIRE METZ IS IN LIVE IN DAYTONA BEACH. CLAIRE, CHIEF CHITWOOD GOT A LITTLE BANGED UP. HE SURE DID. BUT NO SURPRISE HE WAS RIGHT BACK OUT ON THE STREET AFTER BEING TREATED AT THE HOSPITAL SATURDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER, EVEN THE CHIEF ADMITS THIS INCIDENT, THIS SUSPECT, TOOK HIM BY SURPRISE. THE CHIEF WAS WALKING AWAY DOWN MAIN STREET AFTER A CONFRONTATION WITH THE SUSPECT WHEN THE SUSPECT ALLEGEDLY SPIT ON HIM. HE STARTS OFF BY TELLING ME HE IS DOES NOT RESPECT MY AUTHORITY OR THE AUTHORITY OF THE DAYTONA BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT. CHIEF MIKE CHITWOOD WHO IS A LEFTY WILL SPORT A CAST ON HIS LEFT HAND FOR SIX WEEKS. HE TOOK FOUR STITCHES TO HIS HEAD WHEN HE SLAMMED INTO A MOTORCYCLE TAKING THE SUSPECT DOWN. AND HE NEARLY LOST A FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE IS SAYING. ALL I KNOW IS I GOT TO GET MY FINGER OUT OF HIS MOUTH BECAUSE I THINK MY FINGER'S COMING OFF. THAT'S HOW HARD HE WAS BITING IT. 43-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL DE ANGELO CONFRONTED THE CHIEF AS HE GREETED FOLKS ON MAIN STREET. THERE'S THE TWO OF THEM. THE CHIEF BLODY. DE ANGELO CUFFED AFTER THE COMMOTION. HE TOLD THE CHIEF HE HAD SOVEREIGN POWER TO ARREST AND KILL OFFICERS. I REALIZED NOBODY WAS HOME I. SAID HAVE A NICE DAY. AND I TOOK TWO STEPS AWAY AND I HEARD PEOPLE IN THE CROWD SAY HE JUST SPIT ON THAT COP'S BACK. WHEN THE CHIEF MOVED TO ARREST ANGELO THE FIGHT WAS ON WITH DE ANGELO BITING DOWN ON HIS RIGHT FINGER WHILE THE CHIEF PUNCHED HIM WITH HIS LEFT. THAT'S HOW THE CHIEF BROKE HIS HAND. I HIT HIM WITH EVERYTHING I COULD BECAUSE I JUST -- THE PAIN. I COULD HAVE SWORE HE WAS GOING TO BITE IT OFF. I DIDN'T WANT TO GO THROUGH MY LIFE BEING KNOWN AS THE POLICE CHIEF WHO LOST HIS FINGER ON MAIN STREET. THE CHIEF DOESN'T CARRY A TASER AND WOULDN'T DREAM OF PULLING A GUN IN THIS CROWD. ULTIMATELY IT WAS THE CROWD WHO RESCUED HIM. THEY DIDN'T CAME TO MY AID BECAUSE I WAS THE CHIEF. THEY CAME BECAUSE I WAS A COP TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND HEY JUMPED IN AND MADE SURE I DIDN'T LOSE MY FINGER. BACK LIVE NOW. CHITWOOD WANTS TO REALLY SUBSTANTIATE THE FACT THE SUSPECT WAS NOT A BIKER HE IS A LOCAL WHO HAS HAD A NUMBER OF RUN-INS WITH POLICE AND A LONG CRIMINAL HISTORY. HE SAYS THE BIKING CROWD WAS FOR THE MOST PART TERRIFIC ALTHOUGH HE ADMITS TWO CAPTAINS HAD TO BE HOSPITALIZED AFTER A FIGHT. BUT STILL CHITWOOD SAYS THIS EVENT WAS A GOOD ONE.